How to Get Rid of Need4search.com? (Removal Guide)

My web browser was hijacked by a virus a few days ago but I fail to remove it after having tried many methods. If I search something, it presents strange results to me. For example, when I click a link to Amazon page, it will take me to a site called Need4search.com . This is really annoying. I tried to run security scan but it detected nothing. How can I remove Need4search.com completely?

What is Need4search.com?

Need4search.com is a website which is related to browser hijacker or adware that hijacks the web browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. It can modify the browser settings and change the default homepage by adding BHO or other third-party plug-ins or malware to the browsers. It can help Trojan and other unfriendly objects to get into system, and third party malware such as commercial adware and spyware also can insert into system and change homepage and modify browser settings without your consent. As soon as the browser is hijacked, the junk files and useless cookies will leave inside the history record. Then users' sensitive information could be transmitted to unknown cyber criminals; therefore, it is dangerous for a user to open this website or put it into the favorites.

The hijacker is a tool to help criminals to increase the artificial traffic and boost affiliate payments by forcing users to visit Need4search.com. The products it introduces and recommends are mostly useless, and the purpose of the business it does is to trick users' for money. The sponsored links in the website may redirect you to blank pages, advertising sites, or the websites containing malicious codes which can attack your computer. Besides, it can add additional plug-ins and toolbars that are unfortunately hard to remove using system uninstall tools. Unluckily, Need4search.com hijacker provides no uninstall feature and hides in the back stage so that security tool cannot detect its existence. The redirect virus should be removed from the infected system as soon as possible, or it will cause endless trouble to the infected computer.

The following manual removal is recommended only for users with good computer skills. If you are afraid of damaging the system when dealing with the virus by yourself, use a professional removal tool instead.

Infected Symptoms:

1 It hijacks your browsers to unknown websites which are full of various misleading ads.

2 Your computer speed becomes slower and the system often halts.

3 It may drop other types of threats like virus, Trojan and spyware onto your computer to do more harmful actions.

4 It would help the hackers to record your online activities and steal sensitive personal information and data.

5 It can modify your default DNS settings and block your access to the websites that you want to visit.

6 The default homepage, search engine and bookmarks of the web browser are changed suddenly without your permission.

Get Failed to Remove Need4search.com Redirect By Antivirus Program?

Generally, users will run their antivirus programs to perform a system scan when they suspect that Need4search.com redirect virus is on their computers; however, they would find no threats after spending lots of time to do the scanning. You need to understand that there is no omnipotent antivirus program on the world because new viruses are produced daily. But the problem is some users are not very familiar with computer mechanism. However, the problem is that the virus you have will have changed the files / settings that your computer uses to handle the Internet settings of your PC - and will then have disappeared without a trace. Moreover, this redirect virus is so canny that it will disable the security tools installed on the computer, so that it can evade detection and removal by the security tools. Therefore, if you want to remove Need4search.com redirect safely, you need to know well about computer system as well as registry knowledge in order to make sure it's safe and efficiently to remove this nasty redirect hijacker.

Useful Browser Hijacker Manual Removal Instructions:

Need4search.com is able to tamper with the Internet settings of browsers, such as IE, Chrome and Firefox, and make you unable to browse normally. The most common symptom of this browser hijacker infection is constant redirection to Need4search.com and homepage is replaced by unhealthy contents or commercial ads. Furthermore, your computer will be more vulnerable to various malware programs which are embedded with malicious codes and keylogger. Since the browser hijacker interrupts your browsing, stopping you from visiting some legitimate sites and redirects you to insure websites, you need to remove Need4search.com timely.

Step 1 Uninstall Need4search.com relevant programs from Control Panel
Windows 7/Vista

Open the Start Menu -> Control Panel-> Uninstall a Program-> Find dubious program -> click Uninstall.
Windows 8
Go to Start Menu-> Control Panel-> Enter programs and features in the search box-> tap Programs and Features-> Highlight target program- > Uninstall it.

Step 2 Remove malicious Extensions from Your IE/Chrome/Firefox
Google Chrome
Click Chrome Menu -> Tools -> Extensions ->Find related add-ons and delete them.
Internet Explorer

click the Tools -> click Manage add-ons->Toolbars and Extensions ->Select unwanted add-on and click Remove button.

Mozilla Firefox
Click on the menu button at the top right corner to open Menu > Add-ons > Choose related extensions ->click Disable or Remove button
 
Step 3 Repair the homepage and search engine.
Google Chrome
Go to 'Wrench or 3-Bars icon' > 'Settings' > 'Appearances'> 'Show Home button', click on the Change button to change your browser homepage.
Go to 'Wrench or 3-Bars icon' > 'settings' > 'Manage search engines.
Make google.com as your default search engine and click on the X to remove the unwanted URL.

Internet Explorer
Open IE and go to 'Tools' → 'Manage Add-ons'.
 Choose 'Search Providers' → choose the search engine you used before and make it your default search provider. Additionally, select 'Search.searchgrm.com', remove it.
Go 'Tools' → 'Internet Options' and select 'General' tab. Click 'Use default' or enter your own website name, google.com or other. Finally, click 'OK' to save the changes.

Mozilla Firefox
Go to Navigation Toolbar > click on the Manage search engines > find the unwanted search engine> Remove it then click on the OK button to save the changes.
4 Go 'Tools' → 'Options'→ 'General'. Finally, reset the startup homepage or change Need4search.com to google.com.

Note: If the above methods don't work out for the situation in your PC, please check again if you have strictly followed the guidance.